Former Miss Venezuela Shot and Killed at 29

Information reaching us from Venezuela says
that: Telenovela star and former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear was shot and killed during a highway robbery
on the Valencia-Puerto Cabella highway, police said Tuesday, Jan. 7. She was 29
years old.

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Spear was on vacation with her ex-husband, Henry Thomas Berry, in Caracas, Venezuela,
when they got into a minor accident that stranded their gray Toyota Corolla on
Monday, officials told NBC News. Armed men
approached the car and opened fire after the couple locked themselves inside
with their 5-year-old daughter.

Both Spear and her ex, 39, were killed in the
incident. Their little girl, Maya, was shot in the leg; she survived.

“To think there are people who can shoot
a mother and father in front of their daughter is very sad and
unbelievable,” Diego Sanchez, who knew the family for six years, told NBC.
“And it’s shocking when it happens to someone you know.”

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Described by a friend as a “really
happy, outgoing person,” Spear was crowned Miss Venezuela in 2005. She
later went on to appear in a half-dozen soap operas, most recently Telemundo’s Pasion
Prohibida and Flor Salvaje.

Her costar, Jencarlos Canela, mourned
her death via Twitter. “I’m without
words,” he wrote. “I will miss my friend @MonicaSpear. And I love
you, beautiful Maya. You are not alone!”